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...heavies, rowing downstream in a stiff current, clocked an amazingly fast time of 5:17, 41 seconds better than their winning time of last year, 5:58. Second place Cambridge was back by five seconds at 5:22, followed closely by Oxford with 5:24. The two Egyptian crews and last place Yale finished well back of the leaders...
...teen-age girl has begun behaving bizarrely and eating so much that she has gained almost 50 lbs. She is reacting to the fact that her family blames her for the death of her younger sister; floating downstream while clinging to the child, the teen-ager slammed into a railroad track, was injured and lost her grip on her sister...
Daly's office, taking its federal role with the state, had thus demonstrated an ability to pilot the university through what it has deemed to be threatening government snags. From its past performance, the University appears likely to continue despite some confusion on the federal lobbying law, downstream towards its Utopia of maximum federal funding with minimal government control. Whether it will continue to gland over the snags of increasingly unfriendly, and financially pressed, governments so easily, however, is an open question. And the issue of equal or sex-blind admissions remains unaswered
...ripped up by the flood, mud covered a fifth of the city, drinking water was polluted, telephones and electricity were out and thousands were homeless, hungry or in need of clothing. The search for bodies was difficult. Rescue workers expect to find bodies as far away as 50 miles downstream from Rapid City. Others may never be discovered. Flying over the scene last week, TIME Correspondent William Friedman saw stranded victims waving scarves, stones placed to spell out SOS, white sheets stretched to form huge Xs on the ground...
...Farther downstream, the war's anniversary was also the beginning of this year's "summer visit plan." During the next few months, at least 150,000 Arabs will cross over the Allenby Bridge for visits of up to 90 days to the occupied West Bank. To thwart the fedayeen, Israeli guards open even tinned food and examine toothbrushes for explosives. Two-man teams expertly strip trucks down to engine and frame in their search for contraband. Occasionally a suspected guerrilla is turned back...